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mohammed morsi, a long time member of the muslim brotherhood here in egypt and openly sympathetic to hamas which, of course, the u.s. considers a terrorist organization. and, yet, right now he is receiving high praise from u.s. officials for his mediation of this conflict. here is what secretary of state hillary clinton had to say. this is a critical moment for the region. government is assuming the responsibility and leadership that has long made this country a corner stone of regional stability and peace. notoriously fragile after eight dayings of fighting. the next 24 hours will be closely watched to see whether this truce has a chance. trace? >> steve harrigan live in what is now early morning live in cairo, egypt. the white house says president obama called israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and egyptian president mohammed morsi today. the president thanked them for working out a cease-fire deal but also said it's important to keep working on a more durable solution. a live update from the white house coming up on "the fox report." well, tonight, witnesses say the only bu
mohammed morsi, a long time member of the muslim brotherhood here in egypt and openly sympathetic to hamas which, of course, the u.s. considers a terrorist organization. and, yet, right now he is receiving high praise from u.s. officials for his mediation of this conflict. here is what secretary of state hillary clinton had to say. this is a critical moment for the region. government is assuming the responsibility and leadership that has long made this country a corner stone of regional...
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some are saying that mohammed morsi is the real winner here. you have all sides facing the same person. americans giving him high marks for his mediation, even some israeli officials praising the president. as far as the mediation goes, there were some concerns about which direction he would say, a long-term member of the muslim brotherhood and a public sympathizer of hamas. and in the end, he worked closely with u.s. officials about that days of violence. he had all those conversations with president obama. >> we are wondering. he is trying to change the constitution and give themselves more power. what can you tell us about that? >> some dramatic developments which have just occurred in the last hours, and we have had four days of protests. they could be extremely large tomorrow. what the egyptian president has done is basically said that no one can overrule any of his decrees since he became president in june. not even the courts. he also said any of those guilty for killing protesters in masters revolution, they would be retried. president
some are saying that mohammed morsi is the real winner here. you have all sides facing the same person. americans giving him high marks for his mediation, even some israeli officials praising the president. as far as the mediation goes, there were some concerns about which direction he would say, a long-term member of the muslim brotherhood and a public sympathizer of hamas. and in the end, he worked closely with u.s. officials about that days of violence. he had all those conversations with...
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government and egyptian president morsi. it is less than 24 hours old. there is deep mistrust. civilians on both sides hoping the agreement will bring a permanent end to the deadly air strikes and rocket fire. in gaza with the i have latest, eamon, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. for the first time in nine days the people of gaza were able to go about their business as usual in a place that usually is not very normal. so, for the first time they were able to wake up today after cease-fire declared last evening and shops and stores reopened people going back to their homes. throughout this conflict 9,000 or so palestinians were displaced from their homes. they took up shelters in u.n. schools. today for the first time able to go back, survey damage in some of the areas and try to get their lives back to normal. in gaza city, tens of thousands of supporters of hamas and other palestinian factions that have been fighting over the past nine days came out to the streets in what is described as a victory rally. the leaders of hamas came out thanked the palestinian people for
government and egyptian president morsi. it is less than 24 hours old. there is deep mistrust. civilians on both sides hoping the agreement will bring a permanent end to the deadly air strikes and rocket fire. in gaza with the i have latest, eamon, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. for the first time in nine days the people of gaza were able to go about their business as usual in a place that usually is not very normal. so, for the first time they were able to wake up today after...
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morsi has a strong relationship with hamas. has mass hamas is a part of the muslim brotherhood world and the fact he's out there backing the truce gives it much more weight than the previous documents. i think the test for hamas will be whether it can rein in the smaller factions that have sprouted up in gaza that are more radical than itself. and it will be eager to prevent missiles from being fired by these smaller groups that could wreck the truce. >> 2009, we had a 22 day conflict. what is going to need to change to make this one last? we heard from martin, the israelis don't want the mock r coming in. what actually is going to happen? >> you might see the occasional rocket fired from much smaller groups that perhaps weren't involved in the negotiations. but i think that everybody will try and make this work for now. it is in everybody's interests to make this work israeli army will stay on the border. and then we'll have to see. i us secretary pa we will see some easing though not immediately. they cannot be seen to be giv
morsi has a strong relationship with hamas. has mass hamas is a part of the muslim brotherhood world and the fact he's out there backing the truce gives it much more weight than the previous documents. i think the test for hamas will be whether it can rein in the smaller factions that have sprouted up in gaza that are more radical than itself. and it will be eager to prevent missiles from being fired by these smaller groups that could wreck the truce. >> 2009, we had a 22 day conflict....
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. >> a very smart move, larry, to put the egyptians in the position where as president morsi says, he is in charge. okay, he's got to be responsible. no more rhetoric. no more siding with one side. he's got to make the thing work. that's what we want to see as responsible leadership. not id logical leadership. >> that's a great point. let me ask you, something unresolved, in this peace treaty or truce, is the issue of gaza and its borders, which borders up into egypt. now the hamas, they want israel to pull the military out. and have a complete opening of the borders. into egypt. general clark, doesn't that open the door, if that ever happened, to iranians rearming, rearming three egypt, through the sinai, rearming hamas just like they always do. >> of course, and israel can't permit that and shouldn't permit that. this is where egypt has to step up and say, we will insure that no weapons get back into gaza. that has to be worked out in stages and demonstrated. it has to be checked and verified. and israel has a continuing interest and should have a continuing right to verify that. >>
. >> a very smart move, larry, to put the egyptians in the position where as president morsi says, he is in charge. okay, he's got to be responsible. no more rhetoric. no more siding with one side. he's got to make the thing work. that's what we want to see as responsible leadership. not id logical leadership. >> that's a great point. let me ask you, something unresolved, in this peace treaty or truce, is the issue of gaza and its borders, which borders up into egypt. now the hamas,...